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Federal agents raided a Cayuga County factory in September and were caught on body cam forcefully entering restrooms and detaining workers by immigration status, according to Spectrum News. The footage shows ICE agents sorting employees ... more

A woman detained in a large immigration raid at a Cato factory is challenging the operation in federal court, calling it a sweeping violation of her constitutional rights, according to syracuse.com. Argentina Juarez-Lopez was one ... more

Deputies arrested a woman in Cato after finding her walking near a vehicle that had gone off the road late at night. Erica A. Cardinale, 35, of Victory, was charged with driving while intoxicated and ... more

A man is facing felony charges after deputies say he struck a woman in the face with a butane torch tank during a violent domestic incident in the Town of Cato. Daniel J. Root, 56, ... more

Cayuga County residents will have a safe and free way to dispose of old medications later this month. The Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office is hosting a DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, ... more

Residents in and around Cato will have a safe and convenient way to dispose of unused medications later this month. On Saturday, October 25, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Terry’s Food Mart (11314 South ... more

More than a year after state auditors flagged serious problems with how the Village of Cato managed its water system, local officials have failed to fix most of them — putting residents at continued risk ... more

Tensions are rising in Cato as residents question why the town clerk position keeps changing hands, according to The Citizen. The latest interim clerk, JoAnne Ray—sister-in-law of Supervisor Charles Ray—resigned Sept. 6 and cited interference ... more

After federal agents detained nearly 60 Hispanic workers at a Cayuga County factory, the owner says he believes the company did nothing wrong, according to The Citizen. Lenny Schmidt of Nutrition Bar Confectioners in Ira ... more

New surveillance cameras at a busy Cato intersection are meant to monitor traffic and help solve crimes, according to The Citizen. Cayuga County Sheriff Brian Schenck said the devices—funded by FEMA—were installed at Routes 34 ... more

Federal agents flew Hediberto Ramirez Perez to Guatemala just days after raiding his Cato workplace—despite his valid U.S. work permit, according to WSYR. Perez said officers stormed the snack bar plant on Sept. 4, dragged ... more

ICE says it had a criminal warrant for the Sept. 4 raid at a Cato factory, contradicting Gov. Kathy Hochul’s claim, according to Spectrum News. Hochul alleged agents misled factory owners and only had administrative ... more

Governor Kathy Hochul condemned federal immigration authorities this week after visiting Nutrition Bar Confectioners in Cato, where a September 4 raid led to 57 detentions and criminal charges against five workers accused of illegally reentering ... more

A major federal enforcement operation in Cayuga County has led to the detention of 57 people and criminal charges against five individuals for illegal reentry into the United States. The raid took place on September ... more

Cato-Meridian Central School District just made history — and senior Kennedy Taylor is leading the way. Taylor is the district’s first-ever ex-officio student board member, a non-voting position created to give students a voice in ... more

Five workers arrested during a federal immigration raid at a Cayuga County factory are now facing charges for illegally reentering the United States, prosecutors said. The charges follow a major enforcement operation last week at ... more

Federal immigration agents raided Nutrition Bar Confectioners in Cayuga County on Sept. 4, setting off community protests, political statements, and conflicting accounts about how many workers were detained and what happens next. The raid Agents ... more

The owner of a Cayuga County factory raided by federal agents last week says some detained workers have been released and production is beginning to rebound. Lenny Schmidt, co-owner of Nutrition Bar Confectioners in Ira, ... more

Federal agents executed a search warrant Thursday morning at Nutrition Bar Confectioners in Cato as part of an ongoing criminal investigation, according to Sheriff Brian Schenck. The operation was led by U.S. Homeland Security Investigations ... more